intentionally omitted from this list are cases that have involved
the involuntary deaths of others (eg., the 2200+ kamakazes in World
War II) - the main exception being that of samson, with a link to
tyrannicides, a special subspecies of altruistic suicide

an attempt has been made to note within entries those cases that
may actually be murders, or that blur the difference (see jesus). not
that all suicides aren't in some sense murder-suicides.